EBMT vs. SHBI, BCAL, PFIS, HONE, UNTY, YRD, GNTY, QD, NPB, and TCBX
Should you be buying Eagle Bancorp Montana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Bancorp Montana include Shore Bancshares (SHBI), California BanCorp (BCAL), Peoples Financial Services (PFIS), HarborOne Bancorp (HONE), Unity Bancorp (UNTY), Yirendai (YRD), Guaranty Bancshares (GNTY), Qudian (QD), Northpointe Bancshares (NPB), and Third Coast Bancshares (TCBX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Eagle Bancorp Montana vs. Its Competitors
Shore Bancshares (NASDAQ:SHBI) and Eagle Bancorp Montana (NASDAQ:EBMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Shore Bancshares has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Eagle Bancorp Montana's net margin of 9.03%. Shore Bancshares' return on equity of 10.44% beat Eagle Bancorp Montana's return on equity.
Shore Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.05%. Given Shore Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Shore Bancshares is more favorable than Eagle Bancorp Montana.
Shore Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Shore Bancshares pays out 32.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Bancorp Montana pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Eagle Bancorp Montana has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Eagle Bancorp Montana is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Shore Bancshares has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Bancorp Montana has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Eagle Bancorp Montana had 2 more articles in the media than Shore Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Eagle Bancorp Montana and 4 mentions for Shore Bancshares. Shore Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Eagle Bancorp Montana's score of 0.56 indicating that Shore Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shore Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Eagle Bancorp Montana. Shore Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Bancorp Montana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
59.8% of Shore Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Shore Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Eagle Bancorp Montana shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Shore Bancshares beats Eagle Bancorp Montana on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EBMT) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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